Peace and Quiet
September 28th 2011 Am sitting on the small deck of Bruce Chalet, a small hotel just outside of the old town of Shuhe, one of several old, protected towns in this area, the best known and largest of which is Lijiang.
I arrived here yesterday on the night train from Kunming -- a good night's sleep in a soft sleeper compartment.
There's little of sightseeing value in Kunming proper, so I spent most of
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